An artist’s life and images are often responses to some pressing cultural and historical needs of the time one lives in and the artistic motivation drives the mind into a journey of discovery, exploration and learning. I , Priyanka Gupta come from Kolkata, India, also called the ‘City of Joy’ for its people and the passion with which they lead their lives. This passion has undoubtedly found its way into my own conception and expression of the colors of life through my art. Images unfold themselves in my work showing the assimilation of what environmental experiences have to offer to me in concentrated form. Whenever I confront a blank surface, I go through all the terror and agony of stepping into an ‘unknown’. What become the directives to the birth of an image are my thoughts and emotions, my readings and observations, my beliefs and values and the vast compilations of past experiences. When I do my abstracts, I am curious about the possibility of exploring myself. Here, I refer to emotions that grip one in the ordinary context of one’s life as well as the unknown. Every
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